So I was never really one to try heights, you know? They just freak me out to no end. But my cousin Bhrit decided to get me into a more spontaneous mood, so she decided that I needed to fight my fear, right? I was NOT ready for sky diving, so she looked for some more tame options. She looked for bungee jumping, which still really scared me (what if my ankle just ends up dangling there, with my body screaming bellow?--yeah these are the sort of thoughts I have). Rock climbing seemed out because we figured if i froze half way up, I was screwed. So she finally found paragliding. I was a little more comfortable with it just because there was some sort of structure holding me and I could control how high I went.
She found this page which got me to a website that gave us an easy option to fight my height fear and still didn't cost an arm and a leg. Now, we've paraglided several times and each time I love it more and more. I went to a three day class to help me get off of the ground and, following the blue prints, we already had an apparatus. So, to those of you who don't like heights, this is a good way to fight the fear. I admit, it hasn't completely gone away, but from as high up as the paraglider takes you, the world looks like a painting anyway:)
